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How would I correctly call the create action from a link_to? I'm using REST (map.resources :recipes). Here's the create action:
def create
recipe = Recipe.create(:name => "French fries")
redirect_to recipe
end
For example, I thought something like this might work:
<%= link_to "Create a default recipe", recipe_path, :method => :post %>
I'm not sure if that's a recommended (or even correct) way to do it. Any idea?
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Rails is able to map any object that you pass into link_to by its model. It actually has nothing to do with the view that you use it in. It knows that an instance of the Profile class should map to the /profiles/:id path when generating a URL.
When you click the Submit button in your form, it posts your data to the create action, which actually creates the record in the database. to your create action, since that is where you're actually saving the post to the database. ok,that means create is method which will be auto called at submit button !!
method: symbol of HTTP verb - This modifier will dynamically create an HTML form and immediately submit the form for processing using the HTTP verb specified. Useful for having links perform a POST operation in dangerous actions like deleting a record (which search bots can follow while spidering your site).
open index. html. erb file in app>>views>>home folder use in atom editor. After you open index file now add following HTML link code in that file and end with <br /> tag.
That should work if you substitute recipes_path for recipe_path.
If you look at the output of rake routes, you should see something like:
recipes GET /recipes(.:format) {:controller=>"recipes", :action=>"index"}
POST /recipes(.:format) {:controller=>"recipes", :action=>"create"}
That's a clue that the URL helper ("recipes_path"), for the create action is made up from the controller name with _path tacked on the end, using :method => :post. The same path using :method => :get (which is the default) maps to the index action.
Remember this won't work if Javascript is disabled, because Rails is actually adding an on_click handler that creates a form to do the POST. Same goes for delete links with the :confirm option.
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